Today the Aga Khan laid the foundation for Phase 2 of the FMIC project: the Women’s Wing which he explains is “designed to provide and inspire superior obstetric and gynaecological care here in Kabul and throughout the region.”

In this speech, the Aga Khan not only summarises the accomplishments of the FMIC hospital, including international certification, but also explains the three commitments upon which the AKDN’s healthcare programme in Afghanistan is predicated. The Aga Khan also announces plans to create “a great new Kabul International Medical Centre — a Centre of Excellence for providing tertiary care services and medical education of the highest quality. This new complex will be an intellectual and service hub for an integrated health delivery system serving the entire Central Asian region” of over 100 million people.

Quote of the Week

"We started the Aga Khan University in Pakistan some 32 years ago and it has grown into a truly international institution, with major campuses in Africa as well as in Asia, and with programmes in many fields. But right at the centre of its mission, from the very start, has been one principle goal: to help ensure the people living in the developing world are able to access international standards of health care."